Originally Posted by
subwoof
The coating really tames the "trashcan cover" issue around 2.5K...
Also the 2441 installed in the 2445 sounds just like the 2441. I did this for a studio whose alnico motors went south in 1985 and no replacement was handy.
Now of course the low power tube distortion purists will say that the difference in magnetic material, flux density, magnetic gap field, throat material ( some 2445's had bakelite, some were aluminum ), color and of course the alignment of the dylithium crystals in the transmorgifier chamber is noticable but that difference is akin to a mouse passing gas 3 rooms away during a pink floyd passage.